Meanwhile, everyone conveniently "forgets" that Donald Trump, "Prince" Philip and Stephen Hawking (among others) have all been accused of associating with Jeffrey Epstein to some degree... Most of them on a close, regular basis and some of them - notably "Prince" Philip and Donald Trump - have repeatedly had accusations of sexual misconduct made against them, often in the company of or courtesy of an arrangement by Jeffrey Epstein.

I haven't read Stallman's latest comments personally, but my understanding is that one of the comments which got him in hot water was a comment that suggested some of these chicks went into these situations of their own free will... Which is a perfectly valid - and very likely accurate - point (like it or not, most 12+ year old children of both sexes have a much better understanding of sex than they should, at least these days!).

And why is no one asking where the parents were, when these "vulnerable" chicks were flying around the world screwing rich and powerful people / "royalty"? If my daughter was that age and was flying around with a "prince" ad some wealthy dude in a private jet, I'd expect people to be asking some awfully big questions!

Let's not mince words here - screwing girls that are considerably younger than you is frowned upon; if they're under the age of consent (which varies from country-to-country), it's even illegal... And irrespective of he law, below a certain age - such as the "11-14 year olds" that Jeffrey Epstein was supposedly seen hanging around - I think you need to take a pretty long, hard look at yourself.

Stallman is a scapegoat who foolishly made some comments on a controversial topic, because no one wants to go after the rich and powerful that are guilty the same crimes as Jeffrey Epstein...

And no, I am not a Stallman fan - I just think it is hypocritical to persecute the man over some stupid comments, when others are getting away with everything because they are rich and / or powerful.

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Interesting that the Apple macOS version is not on Steam, given that macOS is almost universally considered the best operating system for "creative" types...

Nevermind - the developer (or at least the guy who uploaded it to Steam) replied about this very issue over here [External Link]...

Tldr: He uses a Linux-based operating system himself and does not own an Apple computer - plus it is already available for macOS via the website - so it (the macOS version) probably won't be on Steam anytime soon.

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Anyway, if you've never tried Krita, I highly recommend this - I'm not much of an artist myself, but my daughter is and she uses this on her Apple iMac / Sony VAIO, with incredible results... It's not The GIMP or Adobe Photoshop, but with a bit of patience, you can churn-out some surprisingly high-quality artwork!

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Quoting: Whitewolfe80The developer was one man Ryan C Gordon and the publisher is Nightdrive studios and my understanding is they do not own the IP they licenced it from Disney who hold the rights after purchsing it in 2008 after the bomb that was the 360/pc updated turok Which is why its a licensing issue they do not have the rights to push it out to gog because they only agreed to sell it via steam.

Yes, but clearly the publisher - Nightdrive Studios - still has rights to sell the game, because at the time of writing, they still publish the game on both GOG.com and Steam... So there's no reason why Nightdrive Studios could not go back and re-negotiate with Disney, in order to distribute the Linux version on GOG.com also.

If it was a major contractual change, I could understand the reluctance to attempt to re-negotiate the licensing terms... But we're talking about a pretty minor point here.

Ultimately, none of us are ever likely to be privvy to the details of their specific contract with Disney and thus the likelyhood of any renegotiations being successful - but as someone who has dealt with B2B and G2B contracts extensively in the past, I find it difficult to believe that Nightdrive Studios would not be able to re-negotiate this particular point of the contract, if they actually tried... Which is why I say they're being lazy, because they're not even bothering to try; they're just putting it straight into the "too hard" basket.

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According to the information available on both Steam and GOG.com, it is the same developer / publisher in both stores... Yet only the former has the "Linux" version available.

Which goes back to the "there's simply no excuse" argument I gave above... The developer / publisher is just being too lazy.

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Quoting: ShmerlThey should just release it for Linux already.

Despite owning this on my Sony PlayStation 4 Pro, this game is on my "wish" list, for if it eventually becomes available for Linux-based operating systems (GOG.com have the game DRM-free [External Link], if you're interested)...

Quoting: Solitary

Quoting: slaapliedjeWasn't No Man's Sky one of those that at some point in time was supposed to get a native version?

I don't think so, but it's possible. The game was hyped prior release with bunch of straight up lies, it's the main reason why I haven't bought it.

I was sure I had heard this somewhere, too... But I have extensively looked for the reference (to a release for Linux-based operating system) in the past, and turned-up empty handed every time.

Quoting: Purple Library Guy

Quoting: Luke_NukemThis is the second Windows only game I purchased to play on Linux... I never ever thought I would be doing this 15 years ago. The impact Valve is having just by including Proton in Steam and enabling one-click playing of Windows games is understated.

Well . . . define "impact". I'll call it a big impact when I see the percentage of Linux Steam users start to consistently creep up. At the moment, well, we should be grateful, but "impact" I dunno.

This.

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Quoting: Cyba.CowboyAnd what about Peertube? It's Free and Open Source and can be self-hosted. :wink:
Regardless of the content you are looking for, of course.

Never heard of it, but I'll look into it...

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Quoting: fedotix

Quoting: GuestStadia has problems, sure, typically from latency I would imagine.

...back to watching...

Of course, if you want to take advantage of stadia, you should have optical fiber or cable.

So most of Australia is s#&t out of luck for the foreseeable future then (it's only single digits of Australians that have access to either fiber or cable broadband, with no plans to change this in the foreseeable future)...

Quoting: jarhead_hI won't be using Stadia just because it's Google, and I'm still in process of cutting Google out of my life so adding something back in would be rather counter-productive. I still have Chrome installed for those rare instances I need Flash since it's baked in and I still have an Android phone which will be replaced by a Librem5 by end of year. And I have a GMAIL account so that I can have a Youtube account which I will actually start producing content for in a month or two and hopefully the Patreon/SuscribeStar/LibrePay dollars will come trickling in... which will then allow me to dump Youtube for Bitchute and get rid of gmail.

This guy gets it.

I still have a YouTube account, but have cut Google out of pretty much every other aspect of our lives... Our domains were moved away from Google Apps (or "g suite", as they now call it), almost all of our data was deleted and we've moved away from Android entirely.

I keep YouTube for now, but prefer to use BitChute where ever possible... With regards to the latter, it is lagging a long way behind YouTube - but there's not a whole lot of alternatives our there and sadly, BitChute is the best of them.

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Seriously, why all the code? You're just making things harder to be than they need to be!

Whilst I can't speak for other controllers (though my understanding is that it is generally the same)(in my experience, wired USB gamepads of various types "just work"), all you need to do is put a Sony DUALSHOCK 4 into "pairing" mode and "pair" it with your computer over bluetooth using the usual process... As you can see from my Ask Ubuntu post ( https://askubuntu.com/a/546832 [External Link] ), everything works pretty seamlessly, with most games.

I'm sure your heart is in the right place, but it's articles like this which keep people thinking that Linux-based operating systems are harder to use than they are... If you're going to post an article like this, you post the KISS solution first, then post the Terminal-based solution for those of us that prefer that method (I prefer Terminal for a lot of - but not all - things).

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Quoting: Purple Library Guy

Quoting: EikeI wish them all the best, but IMHO, such attempts are doomed to fail. In the end, it will cost more than hardware off the shelf, not offer more, and there's not enough people caring enough for the topic to make it a success nevertheless.

Good luck.

Define "fail". Will it grow them to the size of Dell or Apple? No. Will it make money? Maybe. Yes, this is a small market niche; I'm sure they know that. But they're not a huge company. Even a small market niche, if they're the main people on the planet doing it, could well bring in enough revenue to be a rousing success by their standards.
I mean, how many computers get sold in the world every year? How many computers do you get to sell if you have a niche representing 0.1% of that? Quite a lot. Enough to keep a few people in bread and butter, I expect.

You have to remember that as well as consumers, System76 have a lot of big corporate customers, too... Pixar being one of the most well-known examples - and companies like Pixar spend a lot of money.

Also, System76 have repeatedly said that Pop!_OS was specifically designed with their customers in mind (if I remember correctly, they even went as far as stating that this claim was in reference to their corporate customers in one or more blog posts); it would be natural to assume that the same can be said about their "Open Source computer".

Quoting: Purple Library Guy

Quoting: GuestPlus, if this continues with system76's legendarily awful build quality, it'll be a total flop.

I've heard quite a bit about System76 over the years, and yet this is the first time I've heard about their awful build quality. I infer that it can't be that legendary, being as how "legendary" implies "people have heard about it".

I've heard the claim a couple of times over the years... But from what I can tell, poor quality hardware is not as common as one would think; it seems to just be the age-old "angry customers make the most noise".

Based on what I can see online, the overwhelming majority of System76 customers have always seemed quite happy with their purchase and as I said above, clearly their hardware is of a high enough quality to attract the likes of Pixar, among other corporate giants...

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Quoting: Purple Library GuyOf course many other laws do not agree with that principle of common law. I'm pretty sure that in Canada, mineral rights are/can be separated from general land ownership, even though we are a country which has sort of inherited the British common law. And I'm pretty sure most jurisdictions do not allow most private property owners to stop planes from overflying their property; things would be tough for the airline industry otherwise.

I actually looked this up a couple of months ago out of curiosity and mineral ownership only applies in Australia if you bought your property before a certain year (sometime in the 1960s, if I remember correctly); furthermore, if the property is passed from one family member to another, the latter is subject to the current laws (i.e. the Crown has exclusive rights to any minerals under your land). Frustratingly, I cannot find the specific legal reference at this time, and I really can't be be bothered digging deep for it just to prove a point - but there's plenty of easily located discussions regarding this.

With regards to upwards, it gets a little more complicated... The general rule is that you own high enough that you can have a "reasonable expectation of privacy"; most areas in Australia have state or local laws which prevent you from building your own private version of Isengard though, before anyone gets excited.

Of course ultimately, you only purchase the right to use the land in Australia (rather than "pure" ownership in the traditional sense) and there are countless laws under which the Government can revoke this right at their discretion... But that's a whole other discussion.

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